Tag.



C. W. BROWN.

- TAG.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1916.

1-,2%4,832. Patented 0015. 30, 1917.

In ven Zor .flsvocl'aigA Zlarngu TED STATES PA EN QFF eieteeiew.iitowii, 0F eeeeet, CONNECTICUT;

To dll tvhmmtt canteen:

Be it knowfi that I, CARLTON W.\BROWN, a citizen of the Unit d States,residiiig' in Greton, in the eeunty of New Lo don and State ofOoiineetieut, have iiiveiited en hitproverpent in Tags, of which thefollewmg descri ti 'mi cdiine'ctio'h with the si'c'eempanyihg drawings,is e specifieatien', 1ike reference characters 011 the drawings reprSehti'ng' like parts. i v y The resent invention reletesto" 9; tag eiielis embodied in a tag for ztrtieles, he tot example; a leuiidty oreleeheiiig establishment in which gee'de to be teth p'orerily' markedtee identifleetieii; that it is desirable tehave the tag fitmly heldwhen in use, but easily removed after it has p'eiteri ied its necessarytenet-i011; The tag embedyiitgthe invention consists, as heteim afterexplained etideleimed, at it striti "(it fabric which eah beeeeiiymerkea; c0111- bined with metallie tzisteniiigg devices by whichit is ada ted te be fastened to the goods which are to' be marked,"these festeriing devices being perihene tly se u'tezi te and t emin pertof the tags themselves;

A further fezitur of the iil'veiition "ch11 sists in a continuous stri oof eo irip'l'ete tags having the fastening devices seen-red there'- in,the tags being adapted to be" cut iii-(Hi1 the strip when they are to beti'se'th This not only facilitates peeking or packaging from" themarket, but alsorenders the tags ee eble otmorecohvenient use insuitable machine for iiffixing the tags, it being a simple matter toprovide the machine with ai'ctittirig' device for severing the tags,while tli'econtinuous strip is more conveniently fed to a; imichine'thmrindividuetl tags. Fulfthermore, when the tagis tre furnished iiitliisway the fasteriing prongshy whichth'e talgsai'e to be secured to'the'gd'ods ()Ii' which they are. to be used; are'tleft unbent, andallowed to project laterally from theisides of the tags so that theentire strip of tags can he tolledmpihtojery, little'spac'ezi .Arfilrthffeatui'e of the inyeiition is enih'ocliedf iii a pecuiiiir shape: of thefastemng prongs and the mainpdrtibn ofgthehlafik whichresults intaneateif fit: of Qthe'ta'g; oh the materhtlto whichit'iisattached:

In acconclanee ,with the-,inVenti0i1; the strip offabric-which,constitutes the iiain or body p'ortion of thetag, is'fpi'ovlddfzi't eaqh'ehdwithi a pair (iffastening vprdrlgs which-projectlaterally Beybml the sides'of sb'eifieetieh'ofitteis t etse; 355 1 3mega, 155 heeiieetiat tie-g1 teei-iiat eieie; serieiitoyv'eh's.

tui ied right eiijgle tb hehett ttetheh ae term to which the tags tireto betwteneid and subsequent-i15 ei hehed the ether side.

' the body portion, and are "ziaitfit ed to he I qheee fasteningpi-kingsere in cthe vtitrhi at y poihted extensions tr'o'iifthe ends of "aiiiet'el 1 bi'eiik tvhieh extends eeiefse the bedyteititih which istsiieuy etiitet tebrie; t e said hieteilbl'efik e se hevihe; sheetiet'eifiifig ie-ri s which are teieed' thteiigqh theheey p'oi'ti'oiiclenched. this wziy'the tee:

As eturther, but net essential; feetiii'eet the" inveritio'ri, thefesteiiiiigi pretest ere slightly bent teiitvee at the enesse that whenthe ties the testehed t6 eh eititile'ht prongs will he'fii'dteeted hfy"the at which theeiti-cle is niafli me e 1 is a tee fileh yi'ewef titb'o'clyinii the inveiitieii-g Fig.- 2 is thiieif heath p'lttfi' view ofthe same; Fig: 3 is a;

plan View of the hlttiikwhihcefistitiit the c fastening device, shew-iitsit i shipetiflhefore it i's attich-ed td the Iiitttritli'vj'liiiiI iforms the t ey p'e tie'h jet theltegiFigl 4 is at similar tiew et'the'lolafili iii the she t to which it is bent in fastening it tethe tagstonne-thin 2i cbfitiiiiiohs-pie; Figh 6 1s a berspe'ct ve v ewefer siigle tt gfs'how mg the fastenlnhldev ces;heiit for liisei'tlijn in thefabric with which the tag is tolib'e A used; Fig; 7 isay'nei'sfaectivview hf piece of fabric with orie "of the tztgs fastenedthereto gjand Fig; 8 is cross sectiofi thr'ougfh a; taaj..aflixed' to amarticle showiiigifgi .slig gh t device.

Refefririg' to Fig: 1,;ta ee'i eiete "et a i f i t ngth tweme any ne irkwhich ihaY be rqflired; the said body portidri, whicli is commonly astrip of fitbiie hwhig' sehfeti thereto-at each end a;festehiiigdeviceco sistihgofa blenkwhichfhs 51 part extendingstibstantially' aefess the petiy; phi

he time} 7 extent offset, so that when the tag is clenched I to thearticle, the fasteningprongs instead of lying one over the other willlie 'beside each other, thus making the tag less bulky, since there areonly two thicknesses of metal" instead of three.

7 A. further feature of the invention, as shown in the modification,Fig. 8, consists in slightly bending the ends of the prongs as shown at3, this tending to turn them inward when they penetrate the article towhich the tags are to be fastened, and also to force the points into thesurface of the article when the prongs are clenched. As shown in Fig. 8,therefore, the ends of the prongs will sink into and be protected by thematerial of which the article is made, so that they are less likely tobe caught and spread apart. In this construction, moreover, if a machineis used for clenching the tags, the clenching die which engages the topof the tagcan be made with a slight concavity in the middle, which bendsthe portion 20f the fastening device, thus making a slight pocket 2 toaccommodate the inturned points.

As shown in Figs. 2, 3 and .4, each of the fastening prongsis providedwith short pro-V jecting points 4, there being preferably four of suchpoints, one at each corner of the main portion of the blank which.extends acrossthe s rip of fabric. These points, as shown in Figs. 2 andhare-forced through the tag strip and clenched over as shown in theunderneath plan view, Fig. 2 and in Fig.4.

By this, construction, the fastening devices are adequately secured tothe fabric portion of, the tag; leaving the prongs 3, as shown,entlirely out of engagement with the materla j A further feature of theinvention consists in using a continuous strip offabric with thefastening devices, connected thereto in the proper positions and thefastening prongs left straight and projecting laterally from the sideedges of the fabric and in the plane of the fabric, as shown in Figs. 1,2,and5.y

, Withthisconstruction alarge number. of tags can be'shippedin apackagecoiled like a piece of tape, or ribbon.

Thisconstru'ction is very useful if a machine is. to be used forafiixingand marking thetags automatically; a machine, for example, likeone which I have invented and for which I have filed an applicationSerial No. 34,047.: filed June 14, 1915. Inaflma. chine ofthis, kind,the tags are bent and affixed, and when the feeding device used isadapted to operate on a continuous strip themachme. is also providedwith menses that the tag is ready to be aflixed to another article byforcing the prongs through the material thereof. The fastening is thencompleted by bending over or clenching the prongs on the other side. 7

4 Fig. 7 shows a plan View of a tag affixed to anotherpiece of materialand marked.

a The construction of the tag is very simple, the small prongs, whichare symmetrically arranged at the four.corners,being adequate to holdthe fastening devices securely in position when the tag is not in use,while the entire'fastening device overlies and holds the tag. throughthe agency of the fastening prongsafter the tag has been aifixed. 1

hat I claim is:

L A. tag, consisting of a strip of fabric adapted to receive upon itsexposed facea distinguishing mark, and fastening devices arranged onsuch exposed face near the ends of the tag, each fastening device.comprising a main portion extending across the exposed face from side toside and having retaining prongs extending through the-fabric andclenched'upon its bacln'and fastening prongs extending laterally beyondthe side edges ofthe-fabric and adapted to be bent over such edgesbackwardly to engage the article to-be tagged. 1

2. A tag, consisting of a strip of fabric adapted- .to receive uponits'exposed face a distinguishing mark, and fastening devices arrangedon such exposed face near the ends of the tag, each fastening devicecomprising a main portion extending across the ex- .p'os'edface fromside to side and having four retaining prongs one at each corner of themain portion and extending through the fabric and clenched upon itsback, andfastening prongs extending laterally beyond the side edges ofthe fabric and adapted to be bent over'suchedges backwardly to engagethe article to. be tagged.

3. A tag, consisting'of a strip of fabric I adaptedxto receive upon itsexposed face a distin 'ulshin mark and fastenin :devices arranged onsuch exposed face near the ends.

tening prongs extending laterally beyond the side edges of. thefabrieand beyond said retaining prongs and curved near their ends and adaptedto be bent over such edges backwardly to engage the article to betagged.

4. Tag construction consisting of a continuons strip of tag fabric,combined with metallic fastening devices secured crosswise to theexposed faceof the strip of fabric and having fastening prongsprojecting beyond the edges of said strip of fabric in the plane of theexposed face thereof and adapted to be bent backwardly to engage thearticle to be tagged.

5. Tag construction consisting of a continuous strip of tag fabric,combined with metallic fastening devices arranged crosswise upon theexposed face of the strip and having four retaining prongs, one at eachcorner, clenched on its back, and also having fastening prongsprojecting laterally beyond the passed through the e strip and edges ofsaid strip in the plane of its exposed face to thereby permit of theconvenient packaging of the strip.

6. A tag, consisting of a strip of material having an exposed face whichis adapted to be marked, and also having metallic fastening devicesapplied to its exposed face crosswise thereof, each of said devicesincluding a main portion provided with a pocket at its middle, retainingprongs engaging the strip, and fastening prongs bent at their outer endsand projecting beyond the'opposite sides of the strip of material andadapted when applied to an articleto be tagged to be bent toward eachother and their bent ends entered into said pocket.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

CARLTON W. BROWN.

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